Jesse Haw (born 1971) is an American politician and businessman from

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. A Republican, Haw served in the

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in 2016. Haw's family moved to Nevada when he was five years old. He graduated from Edward C. Reed High School in

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. Haw enrolled at

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, and transferred to the

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, when his father fell ill and retired from the family business, Hawco Properties. In 2016,

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called a special session of the

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to debate providing public financing for a stadium in Las Vegas for the

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of the

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. The

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for

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interviewed candidates to fill empty seats in the legislature prior to the session. The commission appointed Haw to the

for District 15. He was succeeded in office by

Heidi Gansert Heidi K. Seevers Gansert (born 1963) is an American politician, businessperson, and engineer from the U.S. state, state of Nevada who served in the Nevada Senate, representing the Nevada's 15th Senate district, 15th district from 2016 to 2024. Sh ...

. Haw ran for

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in the 2022 elections, seeking to succeed

Barbara Cegavske Barbara Katherine Cegavske (née Jewson; born August 27, 1951) is an American businesswoman and politician, who is the former Secretary of State of Nevada from 2015 to 2023. She was a Republican member of the Nevada Senate, representing Clark ...

, who was ineligible to run due to term limits. He received 20% of the vote in the primary election, losing the nomination to

Jim Marchant James Carl Marchant Jr. (born May 28, 1956) is an American politician, currently residing in Nevada. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the 37th district in the Nevada Assembly, covering parts of the northwestern Las Vegas Valley, f ...

, who received 38% of the vote.

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